Brian k
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So here's the deal.
Dual carriageway heading into the centre of town and not many cars about as it's early morning.
I'm in the nearside lane and I see a doddery old lady heading towards a pedestrian crossing. She's obviously getting on a bit bless her and she has one of those 4 wheel shopping baskets. The type of basket that you lean on and push along in front of you. It looked as much for stability as for shopping.
Anyhow, I've seen her well in advance so I slow down and stop at the crossing for her. She doesn't press the crossing button but instead she walks out onto it in front of my car. The pedestrian crossing lights stay green.
A red golf comes up way behind me doing some clip. He obviously hasn't seen the lady in front of my car, he pulls out to overtake me and manages to clatter the old lady's shopping trolley at some speed.
At this point I think I had my eyes shut, but when I open them the old lady is still standing, and her trolley is trashed on its side. The golf just carried on and I didn't have the presence of mind to get his number.
I picked up her trolley and the old lady is ok if a bit shaken. Probably not as shaken as I was because I was actually fearing the worst.
As I see it the old lady was at fault for not pressing the pedestrian crossing button in the first place, but surely the golf driver is culpable for a myriad of things as well as failing to stop at the scene of an accident ?
Am I right in thinking that pedestrians always have right of way, even when they are in the wrong as in this case ?
Dual carriageway heading into the centre of town and not many cars about as it's early morning.
I'm in the nearside lane and I see a doddery old lady heading towards a pedestrian crossing. She's obviously getting on a bit bless her and she has one of those 4 wheel shopping baskets. The type of basket that you lean on and push along in front of you. It looked as much for stability as for shopping.
Anyhow, I've seen her well in advance so I slow down and stop at the crossing for her. She doesn't press the crossing button but instead she walks out onto it in front of my car. The pedestrian crossing lights stay green.
A red golf comes up way behind me doing some clip. He obviously hasn't seen the lady in front of my car, he pulls out to overtake me and manages to clatter the old lady's shopping trolley at some speed.
At this point I think I had my eyes shut, but when I open them the old lady is still standing, and her trolley is trashed on its side. The golf just carried on and I didn't have the presence of mind to get his number.
I picked up her trolley and the old lady is ok if a bit shaken. Probably not as shaken as I was because I was actually fearing the worst.
As I see it the old lady was at fault for not pressing the pedestrian crossing button in the first place, but surely the golf driver is culpable for a myriad of things as well as failing to stop at the scene of an accident ?
Am I right in thinking that pedestrians always have right of way, even when they are in the wrong as in this case ?